Necktie slip



May 12, 1925. 1,537,115

' A. HQFSTETTER NECKTIE SLIP Filed May 29, 192g a IN VEN TOR.

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Patented May 12, 1925. '7

UNITED. STATES ADOLPI-I HOFSTETTER, OF RIDGEFIELD PARK, NEW-JERSEY.

NECKTIE Application filed May 29,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADoLrH Horsrnrrnn, a citizen of the United, States, residing at Ridgefield Park, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie Slips, of which the following is a speclfication.

This invention relates to devices for use in connection with weaning apparel and particularly starched or soft collars whereby the necktie may be easily slipped about the collar when adjusting the tie preliminary to making a bow.

One of the objectsof my'invention is to provide a simple device for use in connection with a collar and particularly adapted to prevent the necktie from moving up to the crease or fold of a turn-down collar, which would prevent the necktie from being preliminarily adjusted and often causes the person to tear the tie when pulling the same around toward the front.

Another object of my invention is to produce a device of the above character which is extremely simple in construction, highly efficient in operation and use, practical, durable, capable of being manufactured of different kinds of material and at an extremely low cost, whereby'its. commercial possibilities are greatly enhanced.

I accomplish the above objects and others which will be more readily understood when considered in connection with the accompanying. drawings, constituting a part of this application and wherein,

Figure 1 is a'perspective view showing the device in its relation to a turn-down collar and necktie.

Figure 2 is a face view of the device.

Figure 3 is a. plan view.

Figure 4: is an edge view thereof.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate correspending parts throughout the several views, 5 designates any conventional type of a turn-down collar and 6 the crease or fold of the same. It is a well known fact that when adjusting a necktie, should the same roll up in proximity to the crease of the collar it is very difiicult to slip the necktie about the collar when the same is, posi- SLIP.

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timed, and very frequently causes the wearer to tear the tie. In order to prevent the necktie, which I have indicated generally by numeral 7 from creeping up into the crease or fold and at the same time provide a simple means whereby the tie will easily slide between the folds of the collar, I have provided a curved plate 8 which is shaped to conform to the curvature of the collar 5 and is adapted to be positioned between the folds of the same. The curved plate 8 is cut out or struck out of a substantially rectangular blank and is provided with a central tongue 9, which is bent downwardly and in spaced relation from the face of the plate 8 and spaced somewhat from the bottom edge 10 thereof. The tongue 9 is of'substantial width so as to properly re tain neckties of different widths and since the material of the plate'8, which may be of celluloid, metal or other composition having a smooth surface, will easily permit the ties to be slipped around and adjusted preliminary to tying the same in the manner well understood.

In order to prevent the plate 8 from moving up beneath the folds of the collar, the said plate is provided with the end ex tensions 11, 12, which are rounded or curved as indicated at 13 near the top thereof so as to set within the crease of thefolded collar as clearly shown by Figure 1 of the drawings. It will thus be seen from the construction above described'that when the necktie 7 inserted beneath the tongue 9 after the plate 8 has been positioned, the said tie may easily slide by means of engaging the curved, smooth surface of the plate as when celluloid or a highly polished surface is provided and consequently the tie may be adjusted Without discomfort to the individualg While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the I correlated parts without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

Havin thus described my invention, tongue being bent over but spaced from the what I claim as new and desire to secure by outer face thereof and terminating adjacent 10 United States Letters Patent is the lower edge of the said plate and pro- A device of the class described coinprisjections extending upwardly from the sides 5 ing a curved plate adapted to be positioned of the plate for spacing the top edge thereof between the folds of a collar, a tongue from the folded edge or crease of a collar. formed integral with the plate and dis- In testimony whereof I affix my signature. posed intermediate the sides thereof, said ADOLPH HOFSTETTER. [us] 

